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Extemp: Goth girls are prettier than preppy girls
1 round extemporaneous: Contention 1: Devian http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs35/f/2008/307/1/4/Just_like_a_gothic_girl____by_The_Dark_Silhouette.jpg Contention 2: Kat von D http://www.dhadm.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/katvond.jpg Contention 3: Pauley Perrette http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/49/09/0000034909_20061021034308.jpg Contention 4: Vampress http://ll-images.veoh.com/thumb/w277/user-vampire-girl10117.gif Contention5: Shell http://www.debate.org/wonder...
A Bill requiring all public school employees to submit to drug testing
Well as this seems to be my first debate ever online (which I didn't even know was a possibility until my friend mentioned it to me.) I am starting my First debate... Now. ~ Arguments ~ 1. A number of students & adults are both under the influence of drugs. Since most adults have jobs it makes drugs more accessible to them than it is to the majority of students without jobs. Yet school employees don't have to be drug tested, for some unknown reason and only Students are to be drug tested....
Gay Marriage should be legal
I know I debated this recently (like, yesterday), but it was really light and barely touched on the complexity and depth of the issue, so I decided that I wanted to do it again. I am extremely disappointed with this week's results in Maine. Voters have said yes to hate, intolerance, fear and discrimination. A vote is a vote, and I'll respect that, but they voted the wrong way. I will alow my opponent to begin. Legal - deriving authority from or founded on law http://www.merriam-webster.c...
Fascism is on the Rise in the United States
I do not mean the Democrats social welfare reforms by fascism. This is an example of projection from the right, which has at its most extreme core a proto-fascism which is rising and poses real danger to liberty in the United States, and from there quite possibly our entire world. Fascism is defined by one scholar as "palingenetic ultra-nationalist populism." Palingenesis is the concept of rebirth, a synonym for Christian baptism. This is revivalist, which fits with Christian fundamentalism in t...
Space exploration is, indeed, a waste of both time and money.
Having recently engaged in my first debate on this site and, to be frank, going for an easy win, I felt it would only be appropriate to open a debate to the floor. I couldn't think of a good debate topic, so I simply reversed roles from my last debate. I wish good luck to my opponent, and hope for an engaging debate. -- Definitions -- Space: 'The expanse in which the solar system, stars, and galaxies exist; the universe. The region of this expanse beyond earth's atmosphere'- http://www.th...
Legos are better than Megablox
Legos were made before Megablox, Megablox is simply copying Lego. Let me begin by thanking mcol for starting this debate. I will assume that my opponent is referring to "Mega Bloks". *Case Con- Rebuttals* "Legos were made before Megablox, Megablox is simply copying Lego." My opponent's only argument is clearly fallacious. The fact that something is older than something else does not make it better in comparison. John McCain is much older than Barrack Obama, and yet this does not auto...
Failed Nations are a greater threat to the US than stable nations
I stand here in the firmest affirmation that failed nations are a greater threat to the U.S. than stable nations. First I'd like to define some key terms. According to the 2009 fund for peace a failing nation has charicteristics such as -loss of physical control of its own territory -inability to make collective decisions -inability to provide reasonable public services -extensive corruption -un even development -demographic pressures and many more A stable nation is not the exac...
Gay Marriage should be legal
I was very disappointed by tonight's results in Maine. Mainers have said yes. Yes to hate. Yes to fear. Yes to discrimination. I have debated this before, but I feel like nothing can be addressed too much. I will allow my opponent to begin, and then I will delve into my arguments. I am from Iowa and am very unhappy about this same sex marriage issue. At first i thought it was a great idea let them do what they want it's there choice right... But then my mom gave me some facts and i would li...
A Resolution To Eliminate Texas Top 10% Admittance Rule
Hello this is my first online debate. I wish luck to whomever my opponent is, let's begin shall we. I am here to speak in negation for eliminating the top 10% admittance rule which is a rule that allows the top 10% of a class to get admittance into any College or university of their choice. The rule was passed in 1997 to make sure that there was no discrimination against races when it came to admittance in colleges and universities. The top 10% rule has shown some positive benefits such as 1. s...
Resovled: Liberlism should not be allowed in the U.S
Liberalism is a political party that is against all american idealogy and is destroying america as a whole 1) It is making our country look lazy and ignorant for simply GIVING our citizens money without representation 2) It is against every thing that the founding father based the country off of 3) Liberalism will eventually ruin our country, further worsening the economy because you are spending money on people that don't benefit society. (the only exception is for people that have...
Being gay is a not a choice!
Theories of causation for homosexuality have shifted dramatically in the past 100 years. Early psychologists believed that early childhood trauma caused homosexual feelings to develop. Specifically, Freud proposed that a weak father and an overbearing mother caused a person to "stall" in the phallic stage of childhood development. Subsequent studies have shown there is no association between any parenting style or early childhood experiences that leads to homosexuality. According to the American...
Fakes
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9Zf_P9g6cuo/SaTa8qPWHbI/AAAAAAAADTg/PUtlXX6xRs8/s800/girls-scene-hair-1.jpg this chick is on Debate but i found this pic on google!!!! can someone say FAKE!!! Due to my opponents stance, I'm going to presume I have to affirm that user is not a fake, and is not using someone else's photo as her own. Nonetheless, the debater she is referring to is "Asiandebater" and the photo she is referring to is located here on her profile: http://www.debate.org/asiandebater/pho...
Alcoholics Anonymous is NOT a cult
More than 100,000 Americans die a year from alcohol (Vaillant, 435). AA is not a cult. Rather helps alcoholics to achieve sobriety so they live happy, useful lives. I would like to go ahead and thank my opponent for accepting this debate. I am looking forward to an intelligent debate, I do request only an opponent that has adequate time to spend on their responses and can respond in a timely fashion to join this debate. Oxford English Dictionary defined "cult" as: "Worship; reverential h...
Palestine Should be Free, the Israeli Foundation and Occupation are Unjust
To begin with, I would like to say the following. I am not anti-Semitic. Nor do I call for destruction of the Israeli people, nor a democratic government they may hold. I am not a Muslim, nor advocate Islamic fundamentalism or religion generally. I do not agree with many tactics used now or in the past by Palestinian groups and their allies. I have every sympathy with the Jewish victims of the Holocaust and their desire for a homeland to escape persecution. However, I believe that Israel as es...
Ubercharge > Kritzkreig
Hello, you can all call me Pogosama, and this will be my first debate on Debate.org. I'm looking forward to matching wits with the lot of you in due time. For now, however, we shall delve into the world of the cult classic Team Fortress 2, to debate a little weapon vs weapon. First, some clarification. The topic, when fully fleshed out, is that the Ubercharge is a more useful tool both offensively and defensively then the Kritzkreig. Also, I would prefer if we did not discuss strategy w...